[A 6264]

but as a famous rock band once said, despite all their rage they are still just rats in a cage

For $20, who are the Smashing Pumpkins.

 

[Richard White]

For $20, who are the Smashing Pumpkins.

Yes but if it were.. when asked when the Eglinton LRT would open they would reply "tonight, tonight"

 

[max]

but as a famous rock band once said, despite all their rage they are still just rats in a cage

The next lyric

Someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved"

makes me think the Pumpkins were reading some UT threads

 

[pleaseLRT]

At the risk of beating on a dead horse, the cat is out of the bag. Telling people it will be delayed again would be suicide unless there was a legitimate issue like a station collapse or Mount Dennis burning down.

You'd think so, yet delays keep happening with seemingly no consequence

 

[fiendishlibrarian]

The next lyric

makes me think the Pumpkins were reading some UT threads

Some of us have been around long enough to remember the username of one this site's co-founders.

 

[urbanclient]

Would it?

There may be a small group of people who will be absolutely apoplectic with rage, but as a famous rock band once said, despite all their rage they are still just rats in a cage. As someone who has had to deal with using GO buses for many years, and the complacency of most of their ridership, unless there is a large, coordinated advocacy group that escalates a complaint, no amount of personal rage is going to achieve anything, and most people are quite content to sit on their laurels and avoid rocking the boat.

I agree, Ford more or less confirmed 2025 multiple times last year, and he's doing just fine in 2026.

 

[Richard White]

Some of us have been around long enough to remember the username of one this site's co-founders.

oh?

 

[ThenWhat]

At the risk of beating on a dead horse, the cat is out of the bag. Telling people it will be delayed again would be suicide unless there was a legitimate issue like a station collapse or Mount Dennis burning down.

Would it?

There may be a small group of people who will be absolutely apoplectic with rage, but as a famous rock band once said, despite all their rage they are still just rats in a cage. As someone who has had to deal with using GO buses for many years, and the complacency of most of their ridership, unless there is a large, coordinated advocacy group that escalates a complaint, no amount of personal rage is going to achieve anything, and most people are quite content to sit on their laurels and avoid rocking the boat.

We will see how many signatures Josh Matlow gets on his petition. That will show how many people care enough so they will take a few minutes to find the web site and put down their name.

 

[A 6264]

oh?

I didn't know either, but Wikipedia has the answer.

 

[hawc]

Behold the incredible speed of the magnificent new Line 5! 8:00AM January 28, 2026.

 

[T-Bor]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm...I think cars are going 60 there, so is the LRT going 50?

Or are cars going 40 so the train is going 30?

 

[hawc]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm...I think cars are going 60 there, so is the LRT going 50?

Or are cars going 40 so the train is going 30?

Or... are the cars going 30km/h (Vision Zero) so the train is going 10 km/h (TTC maintenance requirements)?

 

[Chaplinurbex]

Behold the incredible speed of the magnificent new Line 5! 8:00AM January 28, 2026.

Hey the train is running after the biggest snowstorm on record. So lets take good news when we see it.

 

[Undead]

I agree. The statement that almost nobody will be riding the train end to end, is kind of ignoring that one of the reasons for building it, was to connect Humber College Polytechnic to the subway. I expect it's an end to end trip for many students.
Though it's before my time, I presume the reason that Toronto's second subway was parallel to and two blocks apart from their first subway, was that serving U of T students was a high priority at the time.

It was to double capacity through the core, not to solely serve UofT.

 

[T-Bor]

Hey the train is running after the biggest snowstorm on record. So lets take good news when we see it.

Agreed - and it seems to be moving pretty quick to me